UNCHARTED® · Outposts · Katombora Island, Zambia
Royal Chundu Island
Safari Lodges
Royal Chundu Island Lodge: Your Private Riverfront Sanctuary
Overlooking the Zambezi River on a privateisland, with rooms flung far apart, thisOutpost near Victoria Falls offers the idealblissful getaway.
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Why it's unique
A remote luxury resort near enough to Victoria Falls for thrilling excursions, yet distant enough to guarantee peaceful, intimate, and starlit nights.
With just four villas, Island Lodge offers lantern-lit romance and exclusivity — each suite's deck features a riverfront bathtub. Activities include tours of Victoria Falls, nature walks, birding, and river cruises to spot elephants, crocodiles and hippos.
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The stay
Royal Chundu Island at a glance.
- Type
- Safari Lodge
- Ideal For
- Couples
- Experience
- Multi-sport
- Geography
- Riverine
- When To Go
- Year-round
Where it is
Katombora Island, Zambia
Royal Chundu Island
Zambezi National Park
The Zambezi National Park is located upstream from Victoria Falls, with terrain varying between riverine woodland, dry riverbeds, rocky outcrops and spring-lines with a gradual escarpment leading towards the Kazungula road split.
How To Get There
From Lusaka, Zambia, take a small bush plane to one of several airstrips in the park.
Flora & Fauna
Large mammals include elephant, hippo, buffalo, waterbuck, zebra, impala, bushbuck, and kudu, while carnivores include solid numbers of leopard, lion, and hyena.
Cultural Impact
The national park and surrounding game management areas are considered one of the most important wilderness and wildlife areas in the country.
Let us be your guides in planning your safari.
Tell us what you are dreaming of, and our crew will help you plan every part of it, from the first idea to the day you fly home.
